International Day Against Drug Abuse: YEAC-Nigeria Calls for Stronger Action, Collaboration
As the world marks the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking today, June 26, 2025, the Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) has reaffirmed its commitment to tackling the growing scourge of drug abuse and trafficking in Nigeria. Speaking to commemorate the day, Executive Director, Dr. Fyneface Dumnamene Fyneface, expressed deep concern over […]
NDLEA, Rivers NYSC Sensitize Corps Members on Drug Abuse
The National Youth Service Corps NYSC, Rivers State, has held a two-day sensitization rally for camp communities on the dangers of drug abuse. The rally was part of activities to mark the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency sensitization for 2025 Batch A Stream II corps members deployed to Rivers State orientation camp, Nonwa-Gbam Tai. During […]
NDLEA Nabs Man at PH Airport, Finds 53 Wraps of Ingested Cocaine
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended a 44-year-old businessman, Ezemokwe Chukwuebuka, for allegedly ingesting 53 wraps of cocaine at the Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA). In a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi, the suspect was arrested while attempting to board […]
NDLEA Zone 13 Visit Bayelsa to Promote Drug Abuse Awareness
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intensified its fight against drug abuse across Nigeria, with Zone 13 Command paying a courtesy visit to the traditional ruler of Nembe Kingdom in Bayelsa State to promote drug abuse awareness. The visit is part of the agency’s ongoing War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) initiative, which includes […]
NDLEA Busts Hajj Drug Cartel in Kano, Seizes ₦9.3bn Opioids in Port Harcourt
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled a drug syndicate that sponsored hajj pilgrims as cocaine couriers to Saudi Arabia. The bust followed the arrest of two pilgrims, Ibrahim Umar Mustapha and Muhammad Siraj Shifado, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport on May 26. Both excreted 45 wraps of cocaine each, totaling […]
NDLEA Intercepts Drugs Worth Billions in Rivers, Other States
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted drugs worth over ₦6.5 billion at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers State, and the Apapa Seaport, Lagos. The seizures include six million pills of opioids such as Tamol 225mg, Tapentadol 225mg, and Carisoprodol 225mg, as well as 332,000 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup. According […]
NDLEA Seizes N3.2bn Worth of Opioids in Rivers, Lagos, Arrests Octogenarians, Others
To tackle drug trafficking in Nigeria, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted opioids worth over N3.2 billion at the Apapa seaport in Lagos and the Port Harcourt port in Onne, Rivers State. Among those arrested in nationwide operations were two octogenarians: 80-year-old Ayuba Ashiru in Kaduna and 82-year-old Uloma Uchechi Sunday with […]
NDLEA Arrests Woman with 2.5kg of Cocaine in PH Airport
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has thwarted a desperate attempt by a woman, Ihensekhien Miracle Obehi, to smuggle 2.5 kilograms of cocaine out of the country through the Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers State. This was disclosed in a statement shared by the Director of Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi on Sunday. Babafemi […]
NDLEA Seizes Narcotics Worth N3.4Billion in Lagos and Rivers
Operatives from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a significant quantity of opioids valued at more than ₦3.4 billion in Lagos State and Port Harcourt in Rivers State. The operation resulted in the confiscation of 3.5 million opioid pills and 163,000 bottles of codeine syrup, plus 20kg of Canadian Loud, a powerful […]
Two pedallers excrete 125 wraps of heroin in PH, Lagos
Tightening and closing up on drug peddlers in Nigeria has led to the apprehension of a suspected drug trafficker with dual identities by authorities in Port Harcourt (PH) International Airport. The suspected drug lord, whose original name appears as Onyekwonike Sylvanus, age 30 on his Nigeria passport, was arrested with a Sierra Leone passport, bearing […]
N4.4B Worth of Opioids Recovered In Rivers State by NDLEA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has successfully confiscated 636,600 bottles of codeine-based syrup, estimated to be worth N4.4 billion on the streets, at the Port Harcourt Port Complex in Onne, Rivers State. This significant recovery was announced by Femi Babafemi, the Director of Media and Advocacy for NDLEA, during a statement released on […]
19 Traffickers Sentence to 302-Year in Imprisonment
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the conviction and sentencing of nineteen drug dealers to 302 years of imprisonment. Femi Babafemi, the Director of Media and Advocacy, shared this information in a document via the NDLEA social media platform on Friday. Babafemi noted that nineteen drug traffickers, which included three drug lords […]